Notes

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank David Ettinger, MD, and Charles Rudin, MD, for their assistance in recruiting patients for the study; Danetta Hendricks, MA, and Kristina Weeks, BA, BS, for their assistance in coordinating the study; Amanda Blackford, ScM, for assistance with conducting preliminary analyses. This research was supported by the Aegon International Fellowship in Oncology (CFS).

Appendix

Technical appendix A

Relationship between symptoms and needs to multivariate function outcomea